Improvement in devices for transporting eggs



iltdt tiia ABNER v1I'. BRYANT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 112,778, dated March 21, 1871; antedated` March 9, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR TRANSPORTING EGGS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the samer.

To all whoml it 'may concern Be it known that I, ABNER H. BRYANT, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State o t' Illinois, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Egg- Garriers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of' the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part oi' this specicat-ion and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawing is a top View of my invention.

Figure 2`is a view of the strip A, after bending or iiuting the same.

Figure 3 is a -vertical section.

My invention relates to means for facilitating the transportationof eggs, and consists in the construction of separate compartments therefor by joining perpendicular]y-fluted strips of 'pasteboard or other material, these strips being heldl together and in place by means of transverse strips, which serve also to form au extra packing between the pockets.

The letter A of the drawing represents one of the longitudinal strips fluted, as shown, and slit for half its width, at regular intervals on the lupper side, at the points b l1.

' rlhe letter B of the'drawing designates the transverse binding strip, slit for half' its width, at regular intervals on the lower side, at the points c c, the points being sufficiently distant to prevent the walls of any two compartments from touching each other laterally when' distended by th` eggs'therein contained.

lhe strips A A are brought together longitudinally in such a manner that they shall form rows of circular pockets, andthe strips B B are placed transversely between the pockets, securing the longitudinal strips together and ixing the position of the rows with respect to each other.

.Several such layers of pockets or compartments maybe placed one above the other in a box or basket, the layers being separated by flat sheets, D, of pasteboard or other material.

Eggs packed in hampers or boxes provided with compartments are not liable to injury from concussion.

The eggs in each longitudinal row are separated by three thicknesses of pasteboard, so arranged as to maintain considerable elasticity, while the pockets of the cross-rows, between 'the transverse pieces B, are

prevented from coming in contact thereby, au airspace, z, being formed between them.

Such' layers of pockets are easily and cheaply man-.-

ufactured, and are designed to serve useful purposes in the packing and transportation of eggs.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters" Patent, is

The pockets foregg-carriers, herein described,

formed by the strips A A, slit at l), the transverse vstrips B, slit at c, and the partition-sheet D, as and for the purpose specilied.

In testimony that I claim i the above I have lhereunto subscribed my name in the presence ot' two witnesses. ABNER H. BRYANT.

Witnesses:

C. W. ORIN'GLE, Gno. W. FULLER. 

